Music afficionados in the City were recently treated to an enriching Hindustani classical concert.
The concert was part of Malhar, a music festival organised by Gururao Deshpande Sangeet Sabha to celebrate Varsha Ritu. The festival was held in in memory of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi at the JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar.
Filled with a wonderful blend of seasonal ragas, the concert paid an ode to the rainy season and created a soothing and refreshing mood. All the artistes sang in seasonal ragas called Malhar Prakar Ragas. Being a disciple of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Vinayak Torvi, the managing trustee of the Sabha, said, "The name Malhar came from the raag Miya Malhar, which was one of the most favourate ragas of Pandit Bhimsenji. This festival is a guru smaran to the music legend."
The music session began with a vocal concert by Shashwati Mandal Paul from Bhopal. She presented raag Megh Malhar, with such a powerful voice that electrified the audience.
The beautiful notes made the listener enjoy the rendering completely. This was then followed by another composition called Barkha Ritu Aaye.
She then presented raga Durga and followed it with a very rare and special version of Gwalior Gharana Gayaki called Tappa in raag Mishra Kaphi. The audience appreciated the recital by applauding for a long time. Another star attraction of the festival was Brij Narayan, who is the son and disciple of the sarangi maestro Ram Narayan.
Brij commenced the concert with raag Marva, which is an evening melody. The deep aalap showed his mastery over the difficult instrument.
He then followed it up with the much awaited raag called the Miyan Malhar. This raag is the king of Malhar ragas and the audience truely enjoyed themselves listening to the rendition.
He then concluded the performance with raag Bhairavi by playing a very popular and traditional composition of
Ustad Alla Uddin Khan Saheb.
The concert was part of Malhar, a music festival organised by Gururao Deshpande Sangeet Sabha to celebrate Varsha Ritu. The festival was held in in memory of Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi at the JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar.
Filled with a wonderful blend of seasonal ragas, the concert paid an ode to the rainy season and created a soothing and refreshing mood. All the artistes sang in seasonal ragas called Malhar Prakar Ragas. Being a disciple of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Vinayak Torvi, the managing trustee of the Sabha, said, "The name Malhar came from the raag Miya Malhar, which was one of the most favourate ragas of Pandit Bhimsenji. This festival is a guru smaran to the music legend."
The music session began with a vocal concert by Shashwati Mandal Paul from Bhopal. She presented raag Megh Malhar, with such a powerful voice that electrified the audience.
The beautiful notes made the listener enjoy the rendering completely. This was then followed by another composition called Barkha Ritu Aaye.
She then presented raga Durga and followed it with a very rare and special version of Gwalior Gharana Gayaki called Tappa in raag Mishra Kaphi. The audience appreciated the recital by applauding for a long time. Another star attraction of the festival was Brij Narayan, who is the son and disciple of the sarangi maestro Ram Narayan.
Brij commenced the concert with raag Marva, which is an evening melody. The deep aalap showed his mastery over the difficult instrument.
He then followed it up with the much awaited raag called the Miyan Malhar. This raag is the king of Malhar ragas and the audience truely enjoyed themselves listening to the rendition.
He then concluded the performance with raag Bhairavi by playing a very popular and traditional composition of
Ustad Alla Uddin Khan Saheb.